单词	engulf
释义	engulfen‧gulf /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE engulf Simple Form Present I, you, we, they engulf he, she, it engulfs Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they engulfed Present perfect I, you, we, they have engulfed he, she, it has engulfed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had engulfed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will engulf Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have engulfed Continuous Form Present I am engulfing he, she, it is engulfing you, we, they are engulfing Past I, he, she, it was engulfing you, we, they were engulfing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been engulfing he, she, it has been engulfing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been engulfing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be engulfing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been engulfing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Civil war has completely engulfed the country. Fear engulfed him as he approached the microphone. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Global warming will cause the seas to rise, engulfing islands and flooding coastal areas. He comes across in large, energetic, engulfing, captivating waves, at once friendly and disturbing. Her self-criticism of the paternalistic atmosphere which she allowed to engulf her in her early insecurity is devastating. Isolated houses occasionally disappear, engulfed by the vortex of quarries. She would willingly have engulfed the baby. The medium is the message because the message, the culture and ideology of consumerism, has engulfed the medium. These engulfed some older villages, such as Gosforth, which are now smaller shopping centres within the conurbation. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► threatened to engulf  despair so great it threatened to engulf him ► engulfed in flames  The building was engulfed in flames. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► flames engulf something (=they completely surround and burn something)· Flames quickly engulfed the building. ► nausea sweeps over/engulfs somebody formal:· Nausea swept over him when he tried to stand. ► a wave engulfs somebody/something (=it affects someone or something very strongly)· The city was engulfed by a fresh wave of violence. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► flame · Finally the flame would engulf his head and he'd explode in a furious orange ball of flame.· This home video was taken by a passer-by and shows how quickly the flames engulfed the building.· The flames quickly engulfed the entire hangar, lighting up the night sky.· Within and without, flame engulfed the fallen plate-district. VERB► threaten · With many more countries still to declare the size of their teams, the problem threatens to engulf the organising committee.· The worst danger women face is unemployment, which threatens to engulf them in the coming decade.· And I lay where I fell, fighting to hold back the tears which threatened to engulf me.· The realisation left him with a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.· Meanwhile Plehve's undefeated Fifth Army had turned about and was threatening to engulf Dankl's now unprotected right flank.· Is he completely insensitive to the economic, social and financial crisis that now threatens to engulf the Western Isles? 1if an unpleasant feeling engulfs you, you feel it very strongly:  despair so great it threatened to engulf him2to completely surround or cover something:  The building was engulfed in flames.
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